Tag Archives: NH3

Are we ready?

Posted on March 24, 2014 by casifarm

Monday, March 24, 2014 The sun is shining brightly this morning, but the air is very chilly.  It got down to 25F last night, and it’s still only 28F as we begin the day.   The next few days could be … Continue reading →

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Rain Delay

Posted on April 8, 2013 by casifarm

Monday, April 8, 2013 1.3 inches (33mm) of rain last night stopped the work in the fields today.  Anhydrous ammonia was going on well, and the wheat crop got sprayed.  I had just begun to apply the spring burn-down herbicide … Continue reading →

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First operations

Posted on April 4, 2013 by casifarm

Thursday, April 4, 2013 Yesterday morning, we toured most of our fields to determine if we could begin some field operations.  In the afternoon, we did a little field work.  I took the 9330 and field cultivator (we also call … Continue reading →

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Sunshine

Posted on April 2, 2013 by casifarm

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 We brought home the orange 10-wheeler truck this morning… it is loaded with over 500 bushels of soybean seed, the Asgrow AG 3731.  These particular seeds are coated with a seed treatment, a fungicide, that will protect the … Continue reading →

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Road work needed

Posted on March 19, 2013 by casifarm

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Looks like we will turn our attention to improving the condition of our lane.  The 2+inches of rain that came Sunday night/Monday has put off any idea about going to the field to apply NH3.  And … Continue reading →

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Another hot one

Posted on August 7, 2012 by casifarm

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 The technical experts from Capstan were here last Wednesday to make another inspection and test run on the nitrogen delivery system on the 2510H applicator.  John and Philip went to the Huey farm and removed the … Continue reading →

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Posted on April 26, 2012 by casifarm

This morning as I was mowing roadsides, I noticed that at the “Crook” farm, there were some rows of corn that were not up and growing.  I wondered if there had been some error by the planter that skipped dropping … Continue reading →

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